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That sucks. He was right about your valve caps causing the breakage, though. This is VERY common. The factory puts the silver PLASTIC caps on there for a reason. They should have told you what happened, however. In the future, use only plastic caps with the very fragile TPMS units and/or...

You replace the synchro. Each time this happens, you are doing more damage to the synchro. If this has been happening alot, you've likely done enough damage to it to require replacement. It's only going to get worse, unfortunately. As to the original cause, it's difficult to shift this...

"Non-existent?" Really? The MS3 is notorious for moderate torque steer! Some tires will be worse than others on this vehicle. My winter tires have MUCH more torque steer than the OE Bridgestones, but they are a softer, pure winter tires in a 215/50R17 size. My brother had a severe pull...

If you are concerned with ride quality on bad roads, you should forget about lowering springs. You can't reduce suspension travel and get a softer ride. Your best option is to go with 17" wheels and some 50 series tires. If you go with an all season type "touring" tire, you will likely get...

You can't tell if your tires are a little underinflated by looking at them. Get a good tire gauge and check all four tires. Inflate to the recommended placard pressures. Besides alerting when the tires go below a certain threshold, the TPMS system will alert if there is a large enough...

Hmmm... shouldn't it say "WHOA?" ;) Looks nice.

Keep some octane boost in the car if you are worried about not being able to find 91 or higher octane. It's cheaper than an engine rebuild!

The risk is detonation and damaged piston ring lands. Very bad. High octane fuel burns slower. It's easier for low octane fuel to explode (instead of burn) with high compression engines, or forced induction engines. Edit: Here's a good link with a more detailed explanation...

Carbon fiber speaker boxes?

It fits the two common standard hole sizes by using a removable bushing.

Nevermind....this thread is old!

Check out the Cooper Weathermaster S/T2s. Excellent snow tire and studable if you need it. I've used them on all of my Winter vehicles for the last 6 seasons.

You can purchase pinch weld adapters for your hydraulic floor jacks so that you don't bend up the thin metal. They are cheap and work quite nicely. http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/pc-12467-506-1505-pinchweld-jack-adapter.aspx There isn't a good, safe, central point on this car (front or rear)...

The additional torque steer will do that!

If you haven't already purchased your winter tires, I would recommend going with a 215 or 205 width. Narrow is better for winter.

This thread contains some interesting thoughts about fooling the Controller Area Network...good luck. http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=18784

Just use a high quality synthetic oil and don't worry about it! My understanding is that the main concern with low-tech, journal bearing style turbos (like the MS3's factory turbo) is that the oil would burn onto the bearing surface (oil 'coking') if the flow of oil stopped while the turbo was...

You won't be able to easily disable this system. It is now a Federally mandated system and is configured so that it is NOT easily disabled. If you find away, please share. :) Good luck....you'll need it!

It's quite possible that they are out of balance. Balance weights can come off, tires can slip on the rim (especially if you did some hard braking or acceleration right away), or maybe they were not balanced correctly in the first place. I bet the wheel/tire assemblies are out of balance.

My friend's 2009 MS3 also has a noisy throw-out bearing.